[Artemisia] Peeps Occupy National Trust Headquarters. Your Help Needed to Recoup Ransom Payment.

[WLLIAM DEBATES]

Did you get them all, your grace!!!

 

Guillaume au bon Cuer.
 
> From: dukealan at q.com
> To: richardslj at bresnan.net
> Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2010 15:28:37 +0000
> CC: artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org
> Subject: Re: [Artemisia] Peeps Occupy National Trust Headquarters. Your Help Needed to Recoup Ransom Payment.
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> Good Dame Bronwen,
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> At last Peeps have taken control of their destiny and established their proper place in history! Power to the Peeps!
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> It took much courage to take the reins of power into their sticky little hands, but their inherent sweetness overcame their oppression. This has been a long time coming!
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> Confectionately yours,
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> Alan
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> From: richardslj at bresnan.net
> To: DukeAlan at q.com
> CC: artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org
> Subject: Fw: Peeps Occupy National Trust Headquarters. Your Help Needed to Recoup Ransom Payment.
> Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 23:22:42 -0600
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> National Trust for Historic Preservation
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> Greetings unto His Grace, Duke Alan 
> Youngforest,
> and Salutations to my dear friend; 
> from HE Dame Bronwen of Irenwold,
> on this lovely eve, April 1, in the CE 2010.
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> I just knew that you would want to be informed 
> that 'someone's' Peeps were running amuck - again. It appears that hostage 
> negotiations have been completed and now just need to be implemented. It 
> just seemed proper to let you know right away since you are known 
> to be held in such exalted aclaim by these little pink terrorists - err - 
> small pink tarts - ummmm - cute pink confectionery critters (whew!). I 
> know that you, with your vast knowledge of Peeps, will be able to render the 
> National Trust into safe and secure hands.
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> Yours in noble service to the cause,
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> Bronwen
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> Dear Friends,
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> Peeps storm the lobby from the 
> David Finley Memorial Retunda
> At approximately 8:15 EDT this morning a band of 
> pink Peeps stormed our National Historic Landmark headquarters in 
> Washington, DC and took control of our offices. Staff at the front 
> desk were caught off guard by the cute confectionery cabal and before 
> security could be called, the Peeps had secured several key areas in the 
> building, including the boardroom, the mailroom and President Richard 
> Moe’s office.
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> Peeps state their demands from the 
> podium of the boardroom.
> Staff was herded into the Board Room where the 
> Peeps made their demands -- namely more recognition for places related to 
> the history of Peeps, a miniature downloadable “This Place Matters” sign 
> on www.preservationnation.org 
> and a ransom payment of $500,000.
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> After several hours of tense 
> negotiation between the Peeps and our crack Legal Defense Fund Staff, we 
> were able to convince the Peeps of our commitment to the fact that their 
> places matter too and secure the return of our headquarters in return 
> for:
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> Peep led sessions on “Peeps on Main Street” at 
> our upcoming Main Street Conference in Oklahoma City and “Peep 
> Places that Matter” at our National Preservation Conference in Austin next 
> October. 
> A link to their history at www.marshmallowpeeps.com/ 
> and a promise to advocate with the National Register of Historic 
> Places to create a special confectionery category of the National 
> Register. 
> As many “This Place Matters” signs as they could 
> carry. 
> A reduced ransom payment of $200,000, which we 
> promised to pay out of our winnings from American 
> Express’ TakePart competition (vote now!)
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> During the three hour ordeal, no 
> corner of the landmark building was safe from occupation, not even 
> President Richard Moe's office.
> With those concessions, the Peeps backed down and 
> the staff hostages were released. (It also helped that it was 
> several hours after lunch. The staff hostages were getting pretty 
> hungry and the Peeps were starting to look less like terrorists and more 
> like a tasty snack.) The Peeps were then given a tour of headquarters and 
> allowed to shoot souvenir “This Place Matters” photos before heading back 
> to their own headquarters in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
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> After the 
> ordeal had ended, General Counsel and Legal Defense Fund head Paul Edmondson was quoted saying 
> “We are pleased to recognize the history of the Peeps, who are indeed 
> ‘historic,’ having been invented in 1954. However, if we don’t win 
> the American Express TakePart competition, the $200,000 ransom payment 
> will be an unexpected hit on our bottom line – one that will impact our 
> ability to respond to other candies yearning to have their heritage 
> recognized.”
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> I’m sure you – like all of us at the National Trust 
> for Historic Preservation – are relieved that the standoff 
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> A Peeps spokesperson was quoted 
> after the ordeal saying "We feel kinda bad about the whole $200,000 
> thing. Vote today at www.takepart.com/membersproject. 
> and help the National Trust for Historic Preservation win it 
> back."
> ended with no shedding of blood (or food 
> coloring). And like us, I am sure that you are wondering how you can 
> help us ensure that we are able to fulfill our promise to pay the $200,000 
> ransom payment.
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> We need YOU to help us win the $200,000 in American 
> Express’ Members Project promotion. Your vote 
> today (and once a week between now and May 24th) will make the 
> National Trust whole and allow us to put this traumatic incident behind us 
> without losing any important programmatic momentum.
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> Thank you for 
> your support.
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> Dolores McDonagh
> Vice 
> President Membership
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> Vote 
> NOW!
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> P.S. We hope you enjoyed this April 
> Fools TakePart voting message. It was, of course, all in good fun 
> and no Peeps (or lawyers) were harmed in the making of this message. 
> And while we were joking about the Peeps, we’re serious about the voting 
> thing. Please vote 
> now and once a week until May 24th to help the National Trust for 
> Historic Preservation win $200,000 in American Express’ Members Project 
> promotion. 
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> Trust for Historic Preservation
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